Tris Vonna-Michell (born 1982) is a British artist who performs narratives and constructs installations through the layering of these narratives, photographs and mementos, presented using antiquated technologies and slide projection. Vonna-Michell lives in Southend in the United Kingdom and Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated from the

Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and ...

in 2005 and then continued his studies at the

Städelschule The Städelschule (), Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, is a tertiary school of art in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It accepts about 20 students each year from 500 applicants, and has a total of approximately 150 students of visual a ...

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On 7 May 2014, it was announced that he was one of the four nominees for the

Turner Prize The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible (this restriction was removed for the 2017 award). ...

Notable solo exhibitions

*2010 No more racing in circles — just pacing within lines of a rectangle, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea *2009 Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg *2009 Finding Chopin: Endnotes, Jeu de Paume Satellite, Paris *2009 Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm *2009 Auto-Tracking: Ongoing Configurations, Jan Mot, Brussels *2009 Tris Vonna-Michell, X-initiative, New York *2009 Auto-Tracking-Auto-Tracking, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich *2009 Studio A: Monumental Detours / Insignificant Fixtures, GAMeC, Bergamo *2008 Cabinet Gallery, London *2008 Auto-Tracking, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich *2008 The Trades of Others, T293, Naples *2007 Tall Tales and Short Stories, Cubitt, London *2007 Puzzlers, Kunstverein Braunschweig Cuboid, Braunschweig *2007 Tris Vonna-Michell, Witte de With, Rotterdam *2006 Faire un effort, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels *2006 Down the Rabbit-Hole, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm

Prizes and awards

*2008 Statements Art 39 Basel (with T293, Naples), Baloise Art Prize *2008 Ars Viva Prize

Residencies

*2008 IASPIS Residency, Stockholm *2009 Focal Point Gallery Residency, Southend-on-Sea

Curated installations

*2008 Three Minutes, Cubitt, London

References

External links

Witte de With

art facts

degree critical

Review of Tris Vonna-Michell ''Not a Solitary Sign or Inscription to Even Suggest an Ending'' at Overduin and Kite, ''The Brooklyn Rail''
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